A 20-year-old man has received a 24-year term for “shooting everywhere” on a downtown Minneapolis street and killing a resident outside his home.
Deshon Kanye Gregory, 20, of Minneapolis was sentenced on Feb. 17 in Hennepin County District Court after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and three counts of assault in connection with the gunfire on July 15 in the 1500 block of 11th Avenue S. that killed Lafayette Collaso.
With credit for time in jail since his arrest, Gregory is expected to serve about 15¾ years in prison and the balance on supervised release.
Officers were sent to the scene and saw a wounded Collaso down on the front porch. Emergency responders declared him dead at the scene.
Witnesses told police that Gregory arrived at the home with a female after texting for another female to exit the residence.
Gregory soon “backed up at one point and began shooting everywhere, and [Collaso] was shot,” the charges read. Two children were in the home at the time.
Police learned Gregory had been demanding $40 back from a woman he had a relationship with and who was at the scene of the shooting.
